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Coming up we have a middleweight MMA rules bout between Jerome Harris (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Andre Van der Laan (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Harris comes into the arena with The Clash - Rock the Casbah blaring out of the sound system. Van der Laan is bouncing up and down as he enters the arena, backed by Eazy-E ft. Tupac, The Game - How We Do. Over to our ring announcer for the fighter introductions!
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182 lbs
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185 cm
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193 lbs
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BJJ Blue Belt
Basic striking
Good chin |
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Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the middleweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of
0 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Jerome Harris!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of
2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of Amsterdam, Andre Van der Laan!
The judges for this bout are , and .
The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Harris misses with a jab, cross combination.
Harris keeps the fight standing with a nice sprawl.
Harris drops down and drives through with a powerful takedown into guard.
Van der Laan is looking to stand up but Harris isn't so interested in that idea.
Harris not doing a lot at the moment. He'll have to show some more aggression or the fight will get stood up.
Van der Laan is working the butterfly guard. He manages to land a nice scissor sweep and is now in half guard on the top. Nice move.
Harris is looking to regain full guard. Not this time though.
The fighters are battling for position here. Harris manages to regain full guard. Nice work.
Van der Laan wants to get up but he can't break Harris's closed guard. He needs to be careful trying to break the legs open, as he's open to submissions here.
Harris lands a beautiful switch and he's in full mount! That could spell trouble for Van der Laan!
Harris pausing momentarily but resumes with a couple of decent strikes that do a bit of damage.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van der Laan is trying to escape the mount.
Van der Laan squirming around on the bottom, looking to escape.
Van der Laan working to try and regain half guard.
Harris sitting in mount, just looking to control for the moment.
Harris unloading with bombs!
Harris tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Harris punishing his opponent with strikes.
The fighters are pressed up against the cage, both looking to find a bit of space to work.
Van der Laan tries to reverse the position but Harris maintains control.
Van der Laan trying desperately to get to his feet.
Van der Laan looks gassed!
That's two minutes gone in the round.
Well. There's a bit of a lull in the action here and the crowd are starting to get restless.
Van der Laan really trying hard to get back to half guard here.
Harris controlling from the full mount.
Harris working for a submission but Van der Laan is keeping him at bay.
Harris landing shots from mount.
Harris takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Van der Laan tries to reverse the position but Harris maintains control.
Harris breaks from Van der Laan's wrist control and lands an elbow.
Van der Laan really wants to buck Harris off and get back to his feet.
Harris controlling the pace for now.
Harris wants to control the pace but Van der Laan is squirming around nicely.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Harris has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
Van der Laan keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Harris working the ground and pound effectively.
Harris lands with some strikes.
Harris looking to control and managing it successfully.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are starting to boo a lack of action.
Harris has hold of Van der Laan's left arm, perhaps looking for a submission. The two fighters tussle over control of the isolated limb and Van der Laan manages to get his arm back to his side and away from danger.
Harris with shots to the head and body - Van der Laan looks very uncomfortable down there.
Van der Laan really doesn't want to stay on the ground with Harris. If he can't get it back to his feet, it's only a matter of time before he'll be tapping out.
Harris controlling the position easily from mount.
BOOM! Harris connects with a massive shot to the dome!
Harris looking to control but Van der Laan is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Harris controlling the pace for now.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jerome Harris dominated that round.
The referee calls time. The cornermen exit stage left and we're back to business.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Harris.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Jerome Harris just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Van der Laan is looking to clinch.
Excellent takedown into side control there by Harris.
Harris cracks Van der Laan with a big elbow.
Harris wants to work for a kimura but he's foiled early by Van der Laan, who protects the arm well.
Harris trying to control the position but Van der Laan is working away.
The referee tells the fighters to keep busy.
Van der Laan is looking to work his way out of this bad position but Harris is controlling him well.
Van der Laan is using up a lot of energy trying to get back to his feet. Perhaps he should improve his position first.
Van der Laan is looking to slip a leg under and get half guard but Harris is one step ahead and moves to full mount!
That's one minute gone in the round.
Van der Laan is trying to stand up.
Van der Laan is breathing heavily.
Harris tries to control but Van der Laan wriggling away.
Harris looking to control and managing it successfully.
Van der Laan working to try and regain half guard.
Harris looking to control and managing it successfully.
Harris looking to control but Van der Laan is working nicely, looking to advance position himself.
Van der Laan is trying desperately to improve position.
Harris wants to control the pace but Van der Laan is squirming around nicely.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
A few boos can be heard. I'm sure they will multiply if the fighters don't pick up the pace.
Harris working for a submission but Van der Laan is keeping him at bay.
Harris controlling his opponent.
Jerome Harris overall seems to be getting the better of the ground position in the fight so far.
Harris is working for a guillotine from mount but Van der Laan frees his head quite easily.
Van der Laan is looking to improve his position but Harris isn't that keen on the idea.
Van der Laan is squirming around, avoiding Harris's attempts to control the action.
Van der Laan wants to hold on but Harris pushes him away.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Van der Laan keeping his composure momentarily, calmly looking to get back to half guard.
Harris wants to control the pace but Van der Laan is squirming around nicely.
The referee stands the fighters back up. Jerome Harris just wasn't active enough from the dominant position.
Van der Laan throws a head kick that misses and slips in the process. He scrambles back to his feet and the fighters circle.
Harris closes the distance and looks for a trip takedown... aaaand he's got it - Harris lands in his opponent's guard.
Harris with a nice head shot there.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Harris is pushing down on Van der Laan's leg trying to pass to half guard. Van der Laan is fighting to maintain full guard but Harris has managed to sneak the leg through.
Van der Laan wants to improve his position but Harris is controlling well.
Harris winds up and cracks Van der Laan with a swinging punch to the side of the head.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris is keeping good posture, landing some ground and pound.
Harris uses his free foot to push down on Van der Laan's thigh. Eventually he works his other foot free and he's advanced to mount - this is trouble for Van der Laan.
Harris fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Harris fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Harris controlling the pace for now.
Harris landing strikes, looking to finish!
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.
Jerome Harris dominated that second round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action! This is the final round!
Harris closes the distance and clinches up, looking for a takedown. He shifts his weight and gets a nice trip into half guard.
Harris lands with an elbow from half guard - that looked like it hurt.
Harris is just sitting in half guard, waiting for something to happen.
Harris seems very keen to just sit and control from half guard but Van der Laan does not like that idea so much and is remaining active off his back.
Harris moves into full mount! Van der Laan won't be happy about that!
Van der Laan working to try and regain half guard.
Van der Laan wants to try and get back to his feet.
Harris with the ground and pound from mount.
Van der Laan tries to reverse the position but Harris maintains control.
Harris is in the full mount, landing strikes.
Van der Laan takes a big intake of breath there - he's definitely tired.
That's one minute gone in the round.
Harris controlling the position easily from mount.
Harris landing strikes from the mount and Van der Laan is in trouble!
Harris trying to control but Van der Laan is having none of it.
Harris landing strikes from the mount and Van der Laan is in trouble!
Harris landing shots from mount.
Harris punishing his opponent with strikes.
Harris is landing with some decent strikes but Van der Laan is trying to advance his position so the referee is letting the fight continue.
Van der Laan is trying to escape the mount.
That's two minutes gone in the round.
The crowd are getting on the fighters' backs, as the pace has dropped off in the last minute or so.
Van der Laan is persisting with the attempt to improve his position.
Harris trying to control but he's not successful this time.
Harris with a couple of short strikes.
Harris scoring with strikes but Van der Laan is staying in there.
Harris looking to control and managing it successfully.
Harris landing shots from mount.
That's three minutes gone in the round.
Harris postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Van der Laan looks a forlorn figure.
Harris landing strikes from the mount and Van der Laan is in trouble!
Van der Laan is desperately trying to get back to half guard.
Harris fakes a shot to the body and cracks his opponent in the head. Nice ground and pound there!
Andre Van der Laan has stepped it up - he knows he needs a finish here!
Harris in mount throwing good strikes here, bouncing his opponent's head off the canvas.
Harris postures up and cracks his opponent a couple of times before moving back into close ground control. Van der Laan looks a forlorn figure.
Harris tucks in and makes sure he doesn't lose the dominant position.
Harris connects with a couple of good shots from mount.
Van der Laan wants to try and get back to his feet.
Harris tries to control but Van der Laan wriggling away.
That's four minutes gone in the round.
Harris with shots to the head and body - Van der Laan looks very uncomfortable down there.
Jerome Harris is fighting for a decision here - he's started to take the cautious approach.
Van der Laan defends a decent attempt at a guillotine from Harris.
Harris takes a little breather and maintains the position. The referee will be looking for him to stay active from such a dominant position though.
Van der Laan is trying to get back to his feet but can't.
Harris lands an elbow that was bordering on illegal but the referee lets it go with a warning.
Harris looking to isolate an arm here. Van der Laan doesn't see it coming and as Harris extends the arm, he's forced to tap out! Nice submission by Harris!
Ladies and gentlemen, after 5:05 of round 3, we have a winner by way of Submission (Armbar). Jerome Harris!
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energy
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hype
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pop
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RATING
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